Polymaker PolySmooth PVB Filament 1.75mm 0.75kg White - Print Like PLA Filament, Easy Smoothable Post Process with IPA Alcohol, Work with Polysher

If you get this, print with it quickly. While it’s super cool and very useful that it smooths with alcohol, it only took about two weeks for this to start the problems that moist filaments have.

So far, it is working exactly as advertised. Purchased this in addition to a CEL Robox Dual 3D printer. The Polymaker Polysher is a nice looking and well constructed piece of kit, but does lack the solid feel suggestive of its sleek appearance. When working with $1,500-$4,200 3D printers in the lab, this machine suddenly feels like handling a consumer grade coffee maker. That being said, it is still more than what one would expect for the relatively low cost in my opinion and shouldn't affect longevity in any way.The nebulizer works perfectly with my machine. The reports of the unit shutting down after a few seconds is probably from lack of priming. Be sure to saturate the foam wick vs "a few drops" as in the instructions. The machine shuts off if the piezo nebulizer element is not wet, the self priming feature will not work if any dry pockets exist in the foam wick as it relies on capillary action.The "eject" mechanism is indeed very slow, almost annoyingly so but for a reason. It lifts slow to prevent uplifting of the vapor remaining in the chamber. Overall, I am very pleased with this device. It would be nice if the lift mechanism was a little quieter (sounds like a gearbox from a toy), but the turntable motor is absolutely quiet. I will update my review as I gain more experience in the months ahead if problems. The unit is well sealed with a silicone gasket and there is no odor of alcohol vapor during operation. Quite pleased overall.

I've been 3D printing for about 4 years and I was really excited when they launched this 3D print finisher. I had always used Polymaker filaments and they are certainly top-notch. I have done both hot & cold acetone and the epoxy kits they sell online, but this Polysher looked promising. At a price tag of $300 it's certainly not inexpensive, but I have had only a few successful polishing "cycles" as the unit will usually run for between 15-20 seconds before it goes into a fault (red warning indicator illuminates) and stops pumping the alcohol vapor. Most of the time I simply push the time dial and rotate it clockwise a bit and the unit will start working again -- but this is a constant, repetitive problem! I really didn't want to leave a low rating, but due to the Polysher's high price and poor performance, I feel it's warranted.

I read a lot of people complaining about the price but using PolySmooth has saved me so much time and effort. Still learning the behavior of the product but have successfully printed and smoothed multiple parts using my homemade alcohol vape chamber. Highly recommend if you don’t want to sand and paint.

Being very intrigued with the idea that my 3D prints could be "polished", I took a chance on the Polymaker Polysher despite the low ratings it has received so far on Amazon. The Polymer Polysher arrived very well packaged, first in a outer shipping box that held Polymaker's own shipping box, inside of which is the actual PolyMaker packaging. The instructions for setting up the Polysher the first time are very informative and the only small issue was a loose heat seal along the clear plastic hood which was easily reseated.Of course, this device only works with the PolySmooth filament but the results are very impressive. The Polysher creates a very smooth and shiny result, remaining shiny after the alcohol evaporates away. You'll get better results with prints done at higher resolutions. Even low-resolution prints come out quite nice but nowhere near as nice as those done at a high resolution setting.The PolySmooth filament (sold separately but required for the Polysher to work) is not PLA and requires slightly higher temperatures than the PLA preset in my version of CURA. It was easy to setup a new profile with the necessary adjustments and the filament is working nicely creating nice prints even without the use of the Polysher. While not necessary, I would think that a heated bed would be useful to increase adhesion.My first print encountered the same problem mentioned in other reviews. The unit shut down with an error after 5 minutes of polishing. Resetting the timer and restarting the polishing process solves the problem. My second print worked straight through with no problems.I've only had the Polysher for a few days but so far I'm very impressed with the results I'm getting. If you're okay with working within the closed eco-system of Polymaker's products, the results are very good and I'm actually very enthusiastic about continuing to use this to post process my prints. I'll update my review if I encounter any problems over the next few weeks.Update: August 2017So I've had the Polymaker Polysher for a few months now and it continues to do what it advertises and in general I've been very happy with the results. The only problems I'm encountering are the continued nebulizer halts about 5 minutes into the procedure. Sometimes it only happens once, sometimes it happens a couple of times in a row. This has the unfortunate side effect of prolonging the smoothing process and requires a bit more supervision. I find myself starting the process and waiting around for the first 5 minutes for the unit to shut off, another few minutes for the unit to evacuate the mist and then resetting the process. It usually works the second time through but there have been times I've had to restart the process more than once.Also, I'm having problems with the Polysmooth filament. Perhaps it's very susceptible to changes in the atmosphere (it is summer with its inherent increases in heat and humidity) but I'm finding it very difficult to get clean prints anymore. I do store the unused filament in the included resealable bag with a package of desicant but most prints these days don't have the look of a recently opened spool of filament. I'm getting lots of stringing or bad layer adhesion resulting in gaps. I'll have to reach out to Polymaker to see what could be done to improve my printing.Nonetheless, it's still an interesting product and I generally have had a lot of success with it. I hope that efforts are underway to improve the product and fix the various problems that have been reported.

Watch your prints very closely, after I printed 4 parts the spool was badly tangled and ruined the print. The rest of the spool appears to be badly wound.

Das Gerät macht was es soll. Leider macht es für den Preis keinen vertrauensvollen Eindruck. Der Tisch für das Material und die Spindel machen einen etwas "labbrigen" Eindruck. Mal abwarten, wie lange die Technik funktioniert.